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I want to call you attention to some new federal compliance requirements. As of July 31, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will require<b> ALL participants in NSF grants (this includes PIs and senior participants too)</b> to receive appropriate Responsible
and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR) training. We have created an ad-hoc committee of faculty and research administrators (including senate representatives) to establish a process to fulfill this requirement per NSF guidelines. The requirement is essential
to complete the CITI online courses the students and postdocs in NSF grants already needed to complete plus some addressing NSF new requirements on mentorship. I want to emphasize that the training need not be completed at time of submission but by the time
an award is made and people start working on it. I am fully aware of the growing concerns among PIs about the burden of federal compliance. I believe this is a solution that balances the additional effort, the new regulations, and the proper importance we
want to give to RECR on our campus. Most other UC campuses are adopting similar solutions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rodolfo Torres<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">_________________________________________________________________________<br>
<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Rodolfo H. Torres</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><br>
Vice Chancellor <br>
Research and Economic Development</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Distinguished Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Department of Mathematics<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
200 University Office Building<br>
Riverside, CA 92521<br>
<a href="mailto:VCRED@ucr.edu">VCRED@ucr.edu</a></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt">To schedule a meeting with me, please contact <a href="mailto:VCREDadmin@ucr.edu">VCREDadmin@ucr.edu</a> or 951-827-4800.<br>
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